Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Shri C.R. Madhava Murthy & Anr.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 22
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V . Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 6 April 2022
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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeals deserve to be dismissed and the same ar e dismissed, accordingly.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service Law – Removal of anomaly – Stepping up of p ay – Persons who were placed lower in the upgradation li st than the respondents, on account of upgradation granted to them under the ACP Scheme, started drawing higher pay – Writ petiti ons filed by respondents praying for stepping up of pay and for remo val of the anomaly and for fixation of their salaries at par with thei r juniors – High Court, on considering FR 22, which provides for stepping up of pay and removal of anomaly by stepping up of pay of a senior on promotion drawing lesser pay than his junior, allo wed the writ petitions –

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